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Can Politics.ie topple Fahy. After all we got Willie!
Originally Posted by Roso25
The opposition should be hounding after this man and disrupting the Dail until they get the Dail time to hear the report. Its a disgrace and utter contempt that FF have yet again covered up another report into one of their members.
Emily O'Reilly has failed to get a fair hearing on her findings into the 'Lost at Sea' scheme. She's wrote a rather scathing essay used to address the Institute of Public Administration & Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting Conference.
The thread on this topic is here. A transcript of the background is here:
And here on how she was treated by the Oireachtas:This particular example of how deficits in our parliamentary and governmental arrangements can be damaging concerns the work of my own Office and relates to the special report I mentioned that I laid before the Dáil and Seanad in late December last. The report is titled Lost at Sea and deals with an investigation I conducted into a complaint from a Donegal family who believed they had been treated unfairly by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. The issue in the complaint is rather complex - involving a scheme to restore tonnage to certain fishermen arising from the sinking of fishing vessels at sea during a particular period of time and I need not go into those details here. Suffice to say that, following an exhaustive investigation, I upheld the complaint and recommended redress which, in financial terms, amounted to about €250,000. By the time the investigation was completed, responsibility for the marine area had transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and that Department refused to accept my recommendation for redress.
What actually happened was as follows. On 4 February 2010 my Report was the subject of discussion in the Dáil; an attempt to have it referred for consideration by a committee was defeated following a vote on the Order of Business; the vote was 68 to 63 with the Members voting along party lines. On that same day there was a lengthy debate on the Report in the Dáil itself but this took the form of a series of statements rather than any detailed engagement with the substance of the investigation. This process was repeated in the Seanad on 18 February with another exchange of statements. Throughout these exchanges, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food expressed the view that, despite his admiration for the work of my Office and for the ombudsman institution generally, in this particular case he takes the view that "there is no basis for payment in the amount proposed or any amount". Furthermore, the Minister for State rejected my findings that the actions complained of were "contrary to fair or sound administration".
On 2 March 2010 the Opposition parties in the Dáil made another attempt to have my Report referred for consideration by an Oireachtas Committee but the Taoiseach took the view that it was a matter for the particular committee as to whether or not it looked at my Report. On 3 March, an attempt was made at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to have the Report considered. This attempt failed following a vote which followed party political lines. And there, it appears, matters rest.
In exile until
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reinstated and apology forthcoming.
Fahey was on NewsTalk just now, and gave the usual bravura performance, including threatening legal action if Eamon Keane asked any hard questions. He's certainly trying to hide in full public view!
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And did'nt wee willie liar try to do this FF tactic, Chest out arrogance. I smell more blood here for P.ie folks. Unleash the dogs, lets go get him !!!.
Just heard that, Keane completely folded in the face of Fahey's aggression. What a pussy.
True Keane wasn't good at all. However, Fahy threw out so many contradictory, bizarre facts that for much of the interview Keane seemed baffled!
I think VB would have cut Fahy into ribbons though
This matter should be investigated fully.
Call in the guards if needs be. But judging by their performance in ivestigating Angle I doubt they'd be much use. FG/labour must pusue this mater to the utmost. It stinks to high heaven that FF are trying to prevent the report from being looked at (aided by the vegetables of course.)
Great post. This is the kind of thing that makes p.ie worthwhile.
FG/Lab should follow up on this. Fahy is a soft target, and about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
A demagogue is someone who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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